Germany and Italy's interior ministers have written to the European Commission calling for an EU-wide system to register migrants and a harmonization of selection procedures and rights for asylum seekers, a German newspaper reported. In the letter seen by Sueddeutsche Zeitung,...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given a suggestion to build a city in northern Syria for refugees fleeing the war-torn country. In his address at an award ceremony in Istanbul Friday, Erdogan called on the international community to join hands with the Syrian refugees. "Let's build...

A record 1.25 million asylum seekers arrived in the European Union in 2015, more than double the figure from the previous year, official figures showed on Friday. The Eurostat statistics agency said Syrians were the largest group at nearly 363,000 followed by 178,200 Afghans and 121,500 Iraqis.

Macedonia on Wednesday allowed around 250 migrants to cross its border with Greece, as 10,000 more were left waiting in miserable conditions, Greek officials and AFP reporters at the scene said. Around 170 people were allowed to pass overnight and additional small groups were accepted...